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THURSDAY.
Yovir Business —
Will have careful consideration
and be very much appreciated.
State Bank & Trust Co.
(A Guaranty Fund Bank'
Capital $500000
Surplus and Profits $165000
A c /c Interest Paying Savings Department
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent
OVR AIM IS TO PLEASE
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TEXAS MAN PUTS
IT RATHER STRUNG
Mr. Tunnell Who Suffered for Thirty
Year*. Says Nothing Equals
Vitalitas
"You ask me about Vitahtas; well
I am going to put it-rather strong. F
have fo-ini nothing in thirty years
tc equal It” sgid Mr. Turtnell. a well
known and popular Dallas Texas.
<”Hren whose home is 3719 East -Side
a. enue. • .
Mr. Tunnell said he had been a
sufferer of plies for thirty year*
and for many years of constipation
and stomach troubles. He-has found
relief from all of these in two bot-
tles of Vitalitas.
"I believe it is only fair to mako
this statement in the Interest of
others who suffer with those ail-
ments. I am sure they willfind great
benefit tn Vitalitas?
Similar words are being heard on
every hand regarding this new liquid
which comes out of the earth and
every atom of which is made by Na-
ture. The disease banishing and
vigor injecting effects of Vitalitas are
by no man-made medicine
ft sweeps from the system such dis-
orders as indigestion rheumatism
biliousness and ailments 6f kidneys
and liver. Those who are nervous
debilitated and generally run down"
or who suffer with chronic ailments
of the vital organs will find relief
In Vitalitas. It- is tree of dope alpo-
hol or any harmful ingredient. In-
vestigate Vltalltay today at Wagner's
drug store. For sale by all
CARRANZA NOT TO RE-
SIGN AT PRESENT TIME
(Continued From Page One.)
tended departure of the American
troops.
PEtiQlim SENDS WARNING
Wiro A<aaM*alAentes to Wk Villa
to Caution Maytorena.
Roberto V Pesquiera. a director
<«r the National Railways' lines of
Mexico and one of Venustiano Car-
ransa's advisers has sent the fol-
lowing telegram from Sun Antonio
to the secretaries of the Aguascali-
entes convention:
“Permit me to call your attention
to the fact that the rebel May to*
rcna by continuing his attacks on
the border towns of Naco and Ague
Prieta which are now garrisoned
by loyal Constitutionalist troops is
producing great excitement in this
country and offers dangers for seri-
* ous complications relative to our
foreign relations his forces repeat-
edly - violating the neutrality laws
Lby crossing and recroasing to trner-
t lean soil and even going so far as
• to fire on the loyal troop> from
American soil These matters I
. believe ought to be called to the
attention of General Villa so that
he may order Maytorena to take the
? uecessarj' precautions in his mili-
tary maneuvering so as to not en-
danger or put to the test our inter-
national relations with the United
States.
“I also consider it pertinent tha’
you demonstrate to General Villa
and make him understand the in-
convenience of permitting ex-Fed-
eral s again to enter into the politics •
of our country by re-entering the i
; strife by enlisting in the Division
J of the North. Fprty-eight ex-Fed-
eral officers who were interned at
Fort Wingate have been accepted
by him and twelve ex-Federal gen-
erals now in El Paso are negotiat- 1
ing enlisting under his command.
“I also call your attention to the |
fact that the following I
and ex-Federal generals some of |
them with their respective staffs i
are now in San Antonio an#! they
openly express themselves in his
favor and it is reliably reported
that they are attempting to open
negotiations with a view of placing
themselves at his command; to-wit
Eduardo Tamariz Romulo Cuellar.
Alberto Guajardo. Marcelo Caraveo.
Felix Terrazas Jose Maria Gutier-
res. Benjamin Argumedo Alfredo
Gutierrez Emilio C. Campa Alberto
Rasgado Juvencio Robles Ignacio
A. Bravo. Jose Espinoza y Ronde-
ios. Emilio Querol Gomez. Fran-
cisco Cardenas. Geronimo Trevino.
Geronimo Villareal Joaquin Tellez.
Luis Medina. Barron Ignacio. Mo-
relos Ramon Hinojosa.
Gaudencio de la Juan Vene-
gas. Francis* o del Toro Mariano
Ruiz Manuel Garza Aidape. Aure-
liano Urruttia. Fernando Gonzales
Mantecon. and others and I l»elie\r
ft advisable that some resolution
ought to bp adopted by the confer-
ence strictly prohibiting ex-Federal
officers from entering or enlisting
under the <’onstitutionallst banner
and 1 sincerely trust that in the
event that hostilities are opened
(which I sincerely pray will not he
the case) then in that event both
sidt‘» will firmly agree not to per-
mit a Single ex-Federal taking part
in the conflict as it has Bern amply
proven that their final aim is only
Ueason and that they are th? truei
representatives of the reactionary
and cientifico parties which are the
enemies and the cause of the suf-
ferings of our fatherland.
“I call ypur attention to the fact
that press reports emanating from
El Paso contain many false reports
relative to tbe j>ers<MMial of th<
Constitutionalists many of these
containing bitter personal attacks
directed af odr first chief and also
at the Constitutionalist army so it
might be well for General Villa to
have his agents desist because it
may be possible that friends of the
Constitutionalist government of
Mexico might see fit to answer
these attacks and take the offensive
and these steps would only result In
producing a bitter feeling and make
the chances of an amicable adjust-
ment more remote.’’
Nogales Battle Continues
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct/15.—
Colonel Hatfield at Naco. Ariz.. tele-
graphed Secretary Garrison today
that Governor Maytorena had at
least 4000 troops attacking the Car-
ranza garrison that he was looking
for 500 men from the Cananca dis-
trict and that a large force of rein-
forcements were expected from No-
gales. He said no more United
Statesfroops were needed at the bor-
der town.
DETAILS OF COTTON
PLAN IS DISCUSSED
Manner of Having Reserve
Banks Aid in Project Is
to Be Considered.
Washington d. c„ oct. 15 —
Details of the plan for aiding the
cotton farmers through the $150.-
000000 loan fund were discussed
today at a conference between See
retary of the Treasury McAdoo and
Festus J. Wade and George W.
Simmons of St. Louis two of its
active backers.
Mr. Wade and Mr. Simmons came
to Washington with the promise of
New York bankers to raise* $50.-
000000 of the total and with tele-
grams from most of the southern
states containing similar promise.;
for financial participation.
About the only question left un-
settled is the extent to which the
Federal Reserve Board shall enter
into the operation of the syndicate.
Its promoters desire that the board
act ns its managers. Secretary Mc-
Adoo and several hoard members
are understod to favor this pro-
posal.
H. E Walters chairman of the
board of directors of the M (antic
Coast Lino and largely Interested
in the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad called on President Wil-
son and the Federal Reserve Board
today to approve the Wade plan.
He ih-t fared this was the most prac-
ticabl< plan et evolved and a
result in steadying the price of “rot-
ton.
Mr. Walters snid the south and
east would have to observe strict
economx for the next two years but
that after that he believed thje jen-
tire country would be unusually
prosperous. He added that the rail-
road* of the south just now were
seriously enibarrasKed because of
the absence- of thr * uonal IwTg*
movement of cotton.
COLQUITT IS SILENT
Decline tn Comment on Lynching In
Brazoria County.
AUSTIN Tex. Oct. 15.- —Govern ot
Colquitt who returned today from
the fat stock show at F'on Worth
declined to comment on the action
of a mob in Brazoria county. in
lynching: Joe Durfee a negro. whom
the governor had granted । commu-
tation of the death sentence to life
imprisonment for the multier of
Seitz.
The governor would not say
whether or not a reward would be
offered for the apprehension of :he
persons implicated in the lynch-
ing.
EXAMINER OF DRUGS
IhfMdrni Nominates Louisiana Man
for Fortt ion.
WASHINGTON D. C„ Oct. 15.—
President Wihon today nominated
Marshall M. Bradburn of New Or-
leans. special examiner of drugs
medicines and chemicals in t ustoms
collecting district No. 20 and John
M. May of Mississippi commissioner
of immigration at the port of
Orleans.
——
Wntlur War-hip Tested.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. I^.—The
Argentine battleship Morello built
at Camden . N.- J. left here today
for her official trial off the New
England <oast. In addition to the
crew <»f 500 there are aboard 130
Argentine naval officers and men)
bers of the Argentine commission
which had charge of overseeing the
construction of the Moreno.
Towns in War Zone
PROVINS.—A town of Northern
France fifty-nine miles east of
southeast of Paris by rail and fifty-
live miles southeast of Chalons at
the junction of the Durtain with the
Voulxie. its population 1s about
9000. During the thirteenth century
the town’s population is said to have
reached HOOOO. but the plague of
1348 ad the famine of 1349 proved
I disastrous. The hundred years’ war
I completed the town’s ruin. A thou-
Isund years ago the fairs in Provins
I were attended by traders from all
parts of Europe and its money had
currency throughout the continent.
The town has a reputation for its
mineral waters and Its trade In roses
but derives a higher interest from
I numerous remains of its medieval
| prosperity.
SEMLIX.—A Hungarian town on
| Hie right bank of the Danube on a
। tongue of land between that riyer
and the Save five miles northwest
of Belgrade and about six miles from
•he Servian frontier. Its population
is about 17000. Much of the town
is modern but its suburb Franzen-
Hhal consists partly of mud huts
’thatched with It is the prin-
Ivipal customs and quarantine station
I lor travelers between Austria-Hun-
|gary and the Balkan states. It has
.a few factories but its transit trade
in grain fruit livestock and timber
is far more Important.
i SERAJEVO. —The capital of Bos-
nla Austria-Hungary where the a«-
venftnatlon that precipitated the
present war took place. It it situated
cn a small tributary of the Bosnia
4 5 miles from the Servian fron-
lier and f.orty-two miles from Monte-
negro’s border. Its population In
>l9lO 51.919 chiefly Serbo-
. <’roatins. with small colonies of
igypsies and Jews. The city fre-
■ quently called “The Damascus of the
। North” spreads over a narrow val-
ley closed on the east by a semi-
circle of bills. Though still half
Oriental it was largely rebuilt after
IR7S in western fashion./ The
castle and barracks ot'cupied by
an Austrian garrison'stand on a cliff
overlooking the city. The sale of
embroideries rugs embossed fire ।
arms gold and silver filigree work
and other native wares and the man - I
frfbture .of pottery beer silk and to- j
Hhcoo comprise the Industries. The ।
neighborhood is rich In prehistoric 1
remains. During the wars between
Turkey’' and Austria its ownership
was frequehtly contested. If was |
burned in 1480. 1644 1656. 1687 and
1789. In 1878 it was seized by the ■
Austrians.
PSKOV—A Russian town on both
hanks of the Velikaya river. 170
i miles b> i ii southwest of St. Peters
'i’h ruins of the nld wall of
the towfi. hullt In 1266. descended
r > the rb.ht bunk og the river while
i>uns of numerous rich and populous
monasteries In or near the town at-
|t« former wealth and greatness.
I'be present town Is 111-built. chiefly
of wood and shows traces of decay
’♦s manfactures are unimportant
f’sjrov was formerh the sister re-
;q?bl!v of Novgorod and was one of
:he >!dest cities of Russia malntain-
'ng its Independence until the l«th
pentnry. Up to the time It was
•uought under the rule of Mescow
it was prosperous and wealthy its
inhabitants numbering about 60000.
Toda.v its population is close to 36 -
non.
TJSSA The outermost island of I
(the Dalmatian Ap'hlpelago. sur-
rounded by a wall of rock. Its chief |
: towns ar? Llgaa ajid. Com Isa. The!
' former h is. a stronglj fortified har- >
hor. and cvntaius vhe palace of the
old Venetian counts Garibaldi a lit-
tle to th»* east <»f »he ruins n* the
undent city of Tasa. The industries
iare vine-*vUure. sardine fishing and
the dlstiU-ttlon of rosemary oil.. The
twn of Ligsa has a population of
. about 7000. A colony was Intro-
Iduced at Issa -by the Parians assisted
by Dionyelus the Elder of Ryranuse
t the 4th < bntury D. C. As early as
•’66 the Venetians ruled the Islam!.
During the • Napoleonic wars. the
jFlench h<*d Ussa until 1811. when
the French Venetian squadron was
Urtcateil by the British off the coaa*
Jzlssh wai ceded to Austria In 1915.
The second naval battle of T.issa was
| fought IMween the Austrian and
; Dalian naties in July. 1866 the for-
mer l>elng victorious.
M \DRaS-- The chief seaport on
•be eastern coast of India which ex-
•ends nine miles along the sea and
nearly four miles inland. Its popula- '
'♦.ion 1n 1911 was 518660. The city I
has sever?• buildings of architectural
pretentions and many spots of his-
torical interest. Its industries in-'
'dude cotton mills several cement
works iron foundries and cigar fac-I
torles. The harbor is not safe durlog
h cyclone and vessels have to put
.out to sea. The city was founded in
1640.
ATTIGNY—- An anciept and once
i celebrated town of France on th”
left bank of the River Aisne. 23
miles southwest of Mezieres and 10
miles east of RetbeJ. Chilperic II
juied her.- ir 720. In 822 the famous*
:council at which Louis 1 performed j
public JMNMIICO in ♦xpiati-m of the
murder of his nephew. Bernard king
of Italy was held here. Bernard
had incited a revolt but the rising
was easilv suppressed' and he was
mutilated and killed. Louis repent-
ed of thic cruelty aud after the
ueath of his wife he pardoned
followers of Bernard and restored
their ggtate*. The presi has j
e population of about 3000.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
DECLARES U. S.
IS UNPREPARED
FDR HEAL ■
inquiry Into Situation yrged
in House By Representa-
tive Gardner.
SEES MENACE IN GERMANY
Asserts United States Cannot
Enforce Respect With
Inadequate Arms.
! WASHINGTON*. D. C„ Oct. 15.—
• Inquiry into the preparedness of the
। United States for war. “offensive or
j defensive” by a national security
commission was proposed in a joint
(resolution introduced in the House
I today by Representative Gardner of
I Massachusetts. who recently re-
■ turned from the war zone in Europe.
* “I have introduced this resolu-
tion to investigate the military stat-
us of the United States” said Mr.
' Gardner in a statement accompany-
I Ing the resolution “because I know
। that a puoiic search will open the
| eyes of Americans to a situation
which is being concealed from them.
The United States is totally unpre-
j pared for a war. defensive or offen-
sive. against a real power. In my
opinion the effect of the vast sums
■ of money spent by Carnegie in his
peace propaganda hag been to blind
Americans to the fact that our na-
tlonal security from a military point
. of view is undermined.
Naval Officers Agree.
* Nearly every army and navy of-
( fleer to whom I have spoken tells
me the same story of Inadequate se-
curity. 1 have yet to speak to a sin-
i gle member of either the committee
ion naval affairs or the committee
on military affairs of the House of
( Representatives on whose judgment
। 1 have confidence who does not in
private make exactly the same ad-
mission. Yet all these gentlemen
seem to consider It their duty to re-
frain from any public statement.”
Mr. Gardner referring to the
[ prosperity and peace of the United
'States and to “the wonderful South
•American continent which we have
I closed to European colonization by
I the Monroe Doctrine.” declared he
could not understand “how any in-
telligont student of history can fail
to see that we are Impotent to de-
fend ourselves and to enforce the.
Monroe trine by moral suasion
and financial might but must de-
pend on might of arms alone.
Fomlpi* Martial Spirit.
"The time has not come" he as-
serted "when the United States ran
i afford to allow the martial spirit of
her sons to be destroyed and all
the Carnegie millions In the world
will not silence those of us who be-
i Heve bullets cannot be stopped with
bombast or powder xanquijihed by
I Platitudes. : .
I “I hnl fully convinced ’that the
cause is unholy and inore-
fover a menace to the principles of
I democracy. Furthermore I believe
1 the god of battles will visit defeat
on the Germans. No matter which
Side wins. We must remember that
I since the beginning of time victo-
rious nations have proved headstrong
and highhanded. We must begin at
once to reorganize our mllltarv
stri ngtlj If we expect to be able to
i resist high-handed eases when the
day of nei'essfty comes.”
•♦♦♦>
DOCUMENTS ARE CITED
lierinany Claims lliey Prove \nglo-
Belgiiin Agreement.
ROME Oct. 15 (Via Parisi.—Al-
leged documents of the Belgian gen-
eral staff inscribed "English in-
tervention In Belgium." which are
said to have been found by German
military authorities in Brussels and
which were published by the North
Gorman Gazette are causing com-
ment in German newspapers.
The Kreuse Zeitung says the doc-
uments show that long ago it was
decided In ease of war that Belgium
would side with France and Eng-
land.
The Deutsche Tages Zeitung de-
clares i( hopes now that tho neutral
states will cease to speak about "the
brutal violation of the poor inno-
cent Jiitle Belgium."
"The documents show." save the
Vossische Zeitung. "the duplicity of
England and her indifference at
planning a violation .of Holland.
Envoy Dentes His Country Will Join
Triple Entente.
BERLIN (Via London) Oct. la.
The Roumanian envoy to Sw'ttsfr-
land it is said declared tn Berne
Tuesday it was imtrue that Rou-
mania had been influenced by the
alleged efforts of the Triple' Kn-
tehte to draw her Into'the .way. The
envoy characterized rumors to'that
effect as mere Intrigue the ob-
ject of'influencing tlje bourse of the
Roumanian government whose pol-
icy was fixed long ago and would
not be deviated from.
Royal rainlly la-avcs Ixuidon.
LONDON. Oct. 15.—Virtually all
the members of the British royal
family departed from London today
for Sandringham for a stay the
duration of which is not announced.
A great crowd assembled at the
station to give their majesties an
enthusiastic reception.
-
CBITUARY
SMITH—The funeral of Mra. W.
Smith. 82 years old. who diet! Tues-
day night will be held at 10 o’clock
Friday morning from the tome of
he- daughter. Mrs. Emily Miller 405
Meerscheidt street. Kev. O. Hart-
mann of Rt. John’* Lutheran church
will officiate. Interment will be made
in the old Lutheran cemetery.
S’hcllcy-I.oring I ndertaking Co.
Automobile equipment.
Both ptouvs >7l.— (Adv.)
CH II n OF
on Era moes
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pien and all signs indicate that a
violent battle for possession of Os-
tend and other channel ports Is im-
minent or in actual progress
Belgian Anny Seems Ixjst.
What became of the Belgian army
which retreated from Antwerp the
public does not know. Nor is the
composition of the allied forces seek-
ing to check the German seaward
advance clear.
As was the case before the fall of
Antwerp the British press in a
measure discounts the German oc-
cupation of Ostend though it was
pointed out today that If the allies
continue to hold the town of Ypres
which cuts the German line the
continued occupation of Ostend
would be difficult.
Germans are reported in Belgium
as far northwest as Bruges which
place their cyclists and patrols are
said to have entered.
Nothing during trie forenoon indi-
cated any marked change In the sit-
uation in France or in the eastern
war arena.
King George and Queen Mary left
London today for Sandringham the
royal estate in Norfolk.
The resumption of the Austro-
Gcrman offensive in Galicia was an
outcome of the action of Russia in
sending heavy reinforcements to the
River Niemen evidently under tne
impression that the German invasion
of the Su walk i district was a real
menace and not merely a diverting
movement.
The withdrawal of Russian forces
from Western Galicia however is
regarded here to be not as complete
as first reported for Vienna admits
that Prxemysl still i 8 invested on on e
side while Petr.ograd reports that the
garrison of this fortress has been
jmaded by disease and is on the
point of capitulation.
Other dispatches from the Rus-
sian capital refer to activity along
thp Vistula river where several at-
tacks are said to have been repulsed
and declare the general battle prob-
ably is under way unless the Austro-
German advance has been hampered
by bad weather.
Some idea of the fierceness of the
fighting in western France can be
gained from the fact that the town
fit Roye now in possession of the
allies has been taken and retaken
no less than twelve times. There is
no question in the minds of British
observers but that the German army
is making desperate efforts to reach
the channel coast and that the allier
’are no less determined to prevent
such an extension of the battle line.
England Fears Invasion/
Englind already Is speculating mi
the possibility of a German raid
which could only become possible if
the Germans get a base on the coast
opposite the narrow part of the Eng-
TfeU channel. The Germans are re-
pbfted as havftig been turned out of
that corner of French territory
which juts into Belgium; and hav-
ing retired they are said to be
strongly entrenched. This report
declares the Germans intended to
dash on Calais coincidentally with
the attack on Antwerp but their
efforts in that direction appear to
have been checked.
Berlin reports the occupation of
Lille but declares that other than
this there is nothing new to report
on the western front.
Typhns \inong Germans.
According to dispatches reaching
London typhus has shown itself
among the German troops along the
western front and rumors of the
outbreak of various other diseases
are increasing. England is taking
note of these reports by sending to
the front three of her most impor-
tant nedical m< i as an advisor)
body to co-operat with the legular
niedidaj staff in the prevention of
epidemics-
A correspondent In Italy reports
that the war fever in that country
Is abating even the most determined
anti-Austrians now agreeing that no
belligerent move should be made be-
fore next spring.
Tnrke.v Is Belligerent.
Turkey continues in n truculent
mood and trouble already may have
begun in the Black sea where heavy
firing has been heard and where it
is I»elia\ed the German cruisers
Goeben. and Breslau which have
been sold to Turkey may have been
engaging the Russian fleet.
Oatend is virtually a deserted city
its docks still crowded with terror
stricken refugees intent only in get-
ting as far as possible from the
scenes of suffering.
The repatriation of Belgian fugi-
tives promises to become a serious
problem both in England and Hol-
land. and these countries may call
on the United States to assist in this
work. Further detachments of Ca-
nadian troops are landing today.
———
BF/RLIN CLAIMS ADVANCE.
Official statement bays Irmy Is
Penetrating Into France.
BERLIN Oct. 15.— (Via wireless
to Sayville L. I.) —Information con-
cerning the progress of the war was
given out in Berlin today as fol-
ic ws:
“German troops' in Belgium are
marching in part towards Ostend
and in part towards the French fron-
t’er. The headquarters of Emperor
William have been moved farther
into France.
“The Russian armored cruiser Pal-
lada of 8000 tons built in 1906. has
Im on torjN d >ed o> a German sub-
marine. ‘'he vessel with her crew of
roo men. went to the bottom.
“There has been heavy fighting in
France east of Soisaons and the Ar-
gonne. 'Pho French official report
about successes in the Woevre are
untrue. The Germans nowhere have
lost ground. Stain (12 milea east of
Verdun) is in German hands. At-
tacks against our positions near St.
Mfhiol have been repulsed. .
“The war booty secured in Ant-
werp cannot yet be estimated. Twen-
ty-six thousand Belgians and 2000
Englishmen have been interned in
Holland. Tn Antwerp harbor we
found 32 German steamers the boll-
ers of which apparently had been
disabled.
“Russian forces have been defeat-
ej near Schirwindt .(in East Prussia)
with a loss of 1500 prisoners and 20
cannon. German troops have re-
pulsed the Russians south of Warsaw
anj h'Jld Southern Poland as far as
the Vistula river.
“Emperor William acting on a
■ petition handed him by Cardinal
' Hartman of Cologne has ordered
that Fr*n9h Catholic priests among
। the prisoners in Germany who en-
tered the French ranks as common
!soldiers shall be treated in Germany
in the same manner as are French
officers.
"It is reported from Stettin that
German torpedo boat destroyers dis-
i covered six vessels of Norwegian
Swedish and Danish nationality load-
ed with goods and provisions destined
I for London and Grimsby and also for
Russia. All were taken into Swine-
rnund.”
FRENCH CLAIM PROGRESS.
Official Statement Says Enemy Is in
Region of Bruges.
PARIS. Oct. 15.—The official com-
munication given out by the French
war office this afternoon is as fol-
lows:’ ’
“In Belgium. German troops com-
ing from Antwerp arc marching to-
|ward tho west and the evening of
jOctober i 4 they reached the region
of Bruges and Thfelt (15 miles south-
least of Bruges).
“First—On our left wing the
enemy has evacuated the left bank
z?f the Lys. Between the Lys and the
canal of J-abassee. the situation
chows no change.
“In the region of Lens and between
Arras and Albert our progress has
been marked.
“Between the Somme and the Oise
there ha* been no change. The Ger-
mans have cannonaded our line
without however delivering any in-
' lantry attacks.
“Second —On the center between
the Oise and the Meuse we have ad-
vanced in the direction of Craonne.
To the northeast of the highway
from Barrv-au-Bac to Rheims and to
Jhe north of Prunay in the direction
of Beine. several German trenches
huve been taken.
“Between the Meuse and the Mo-
selle after having repulsed during
the night of October 13-14 certain i
} ttacks tn the southeast of Verdun
our trobpg advanced on the I4ti? to
the south of tbe highway from Ver-
dun to Metz.
“Third—On our right wing the
partial offensive movement under-
taken by the Germans in the Ban de
Sapt to the north of Saint Die has
;1 eon checked.
"In Russia the fighting continues
aiong the front beginning in the
vicinity oi Warsaw stretching along
•lie Vistula and San an far as Prze-
mysl and further in a southerly di-
rection as far as the Dniester.
“Ther;* naB!been no change in East
Prussia."
GERM ANS FORCED BACK.
‘ Correspondent Says Allies Have Se-
cured Satisfactory Position.
LONDON Oct. 15. —Telegraphing
Wednesday morning from Calais the
: Daily Chronicle’s correspondent says:
"The position on the allies left
wing which now is the most import-
ant section of the long battle line
daily grows more satisfactory’. The
fighting around Lille has been ex-
’tremely satisfactory to the allies.
The Germans have been turned out
n* the Mini-circular position* whic h
they held around Lille and the cor-
ner of French tarrltory which jutts
into Belgium there.
“The Germans have been pushed
back ns rar as Courtrai (in Belgium
' 26 miles southwest of Ghent) where
the] are entrenching it appeara ’h*
•’\lll make a stubborn endeavor to
! hoM the line of Blankenberghe
I Bruges and Uourtrui.
“It was the German intention txi
•nake a dash on Calais coincidentally
with the taking of Antwerp. In ac-
cordance with this plan they ad-
vanced in force on Hazebrouek. Mont
Cassel and Saint Omer.
"The al »e«’ guns near Moat Cassel
mowed down the on-coming Ger-
eians who fell back leaving several
hundred wounded. The allies fol-
lowed up their advantage throwing
the enemy bAck over the Belgian
border.
“During tbe fighting near Saint
<»mer. a uomb from a German aero-
plane killed three pqruont and in-
jured six others. A French aeroplane
pursued the German bomb thrower
and kill?! the pilot and his compan-
ion with rifle shots.”
DENY ANY AGREEMENT
Ambassador Says No Anglo-Belgian
Treaty Ever Existed.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 15.—
The text of the denial issued by the
British embassy last night of the
story published tn Berlin that an
agreement existed between Belgium
and England prior to the war is as
follows: .
"The story of the alleged Anglo-
Belgian agreement of 1906 pub-
lished in the German pr°ss and
based on documents said to have
been found at Brussels is only a
fresh edition of a story which has
been reproduced in various forms
and denied on several occasions.
No such agreement has ever existed
us the Germans well know.
G< i ral .Grierson is dead and
Colonel (now General) Barnsrdis
ton is commanding the British
forces before Tsing-Tao. In JOOG
General Grierson was on the gen-
eral staff at the war office and
Colonel Barnardtston was mllltarv
attache at Brussels.
“In view* of the solemn guarantee
given ' Great Britain to pi
the neutrality or Belgium *gu : nst
violation from any side. Rome aca-
demic discussion may through .he
instfumentality of Colonel Baruard-
iston. have taken place between
General Grierson and the Belgian
military authorities as to what as-
sistance the British army mignt be
able to afford to Belgium should
one of her neighbors violate that
neutrality. Some notes with refer-
ence to the subject may exist In the
archives at Brussels.
• "It should be noted that tho date
mentioned namely 1906 wag the
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year following that in which Ger-
many had as in 1909 adopted a
threatening attitude towards France
with regard to Morocco; and in
view of the apprehensions existing
of attack on France through Bel-
gium it was natural that possible
eventualities should have been dis-
cussed.
"Tho impossibly of Belgium hav-
ing been party to any agreement of
the nature indicated of any desire
for violation of Belgian neutrality
is clearly shown by the reiterated
declaration that she has made for
many years past that she would
resist to the utmost any violation
of her neutrality from whatever
quarter and in whatever form such
violation might come.
“It is worthy of attention that
these charges of aggressive designs
on the part of othes powers are
made bj' Germany who. since 1906.
has established an elaborate net-
work of strategical railways leading
from the Rhine to the Belgian
frontier through a barren thinly
populated tract deliberately con-
structed to permit of the sudden at-
tack on Belgium w’hich was carried
out two months ago.’’
SITUATION NOT CLEAR.
I French Critic Urges Government to
Be Frank With Public.
PARIS Oct. 15.—Lieutenant Colo-
nel Rouaset French military critic
in his article today declares recent
official communications are lacking
in clearness and that it is impossi-
ble to find in them any indication of
the present military situation.
Colonel RoMMt rays he is w’ell
aware that it is difficult to reconcile
the legitimate curiosity of the public
with the safe-guarding of national
Interest hut when these interests are
not at stake more liberality could
be shown. The French people should
be t;iken more into the confidence
of the government. In concluding his
article the critic points out several
instances in which in his opinion
the official communications have
t een lar king.
The Hotel de Ville of Arras which
was burned after the bombardment
Of that place was a building of
Gothic style. It was erected in the
beginning of the sixteenth century
and was one of the finest types of
this style of architecture in North- '
ern France.
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ADVANCE ON PARIS.
erntauy Said to Be Making Ready
for Early Aidion.
LONDON. Oct. 15. —“Germans ar-
iicing here." sa.es the Times’ Copen-
hagen vox respondent state that
i wing to failure of the Russians
to make progress against the Ger-
i.ians tl'.v Germans have decided to
• immediately transfer considerable
inuiases of troops from the eastern to
jthe western fronts for an advance on
' Peris.
“This transfer probably already
ibas begun ns ordinary traJn traffic
is delayed 48 hours.”
From tho same source tho corre-
spondent says he learns that there is
a large umornt of sickness among
ihe German troops.
"Plans for the occupation of Paris
■drawn up by the Germans before the
(battle of the Marne.” continues the
correspondent “contemplated a de-
mand for an Indemnity of a billion
dollars and unless th? entire sum was
paid within a fortnight* property of
equal value was to have been taken
to Berlin including art works and
libraries nd retained there until
full satisfaction of the indemnity
was made.”
lEARS AN INVASION
English Writer Points Out Possi-
bility and suggests Remedies.
t. 16 Tbe Times'
military correspondent diwusslng
the possibility of Germany attempt-
ing an invasion of England. Chinks
the government ought to instruct
the people and the authorities how
to act In the event of such an at-
tempt and to make up their minds
whether it is proposed to fight regb
ularly or irregularly in repelling an
invasion.
The Times points out Iha there
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i« no commander-in-chief In the
British Isles except Lord Kitchener
and that unless one mind presides
over the numerous garrisons and
various armed forces which would
be used in defense there can be no
unity of action.
"Desperate as the attempt would
be.” the writer adds "the lack of
great success on the continent mav
tempt Germans to risk a blow at
England and the more completely
we arc prepared the less likely is
the attempt to be made.”
PRINCE REMAINS ILL
Son of King Peter Declines to obey
His Physicians.
ROME. Oct. 15.—(Via Parte.)—
According to letters received here
from Servia Prince George eldest
son of King Peter is not progressing
favorably owing to his refusal to
submit to the orders of the doctors
treating a wound he received In a
recent battle.
Crown Prince Alexander of Ser-
via also was wounded but his hurt
was slight.
S)>ain Approves I'reat.y.
MADRID Oct. 15—(Via Paris.)—
The council of ministers has ap-
proved the ratification of the treaty
of arbitration between Spain and the
United States.
BATTLE IN GALICIA.
Austrian War Office Says Forces Are
Attacking Russians.
LONDON Oct. 15.—Reuter s Tele-
gram Company has received from
Amsterdam the following official
statement issued in Vienna at noon
Wednesday:
“The general staff says the Rus-
sians have occupied fortified posi-
tions on the line of Stry Sambor and
Mldyra in Galicia. The Austrians are
attacking.
—ln the Carpathians the Austrians
occupied Toronya and pursued the
enemy In the direction of Wyskow.
Smaller successful skirmishes have
taken place in the Visso valley
CHOLERA CAUSES ALARM.
Hungary Said to Be Menaced by Its
Sudden Spread.
VENICE Italy Oct. 15 (Via Par-
is). —According to reports reaching
Venice the rapid spread of cholera
Is causing alarm among the people
throughout Hungary.
The Hungarian authorities it ap-
pears. at first were too lax in sani-
tary supervision of prisoners' camps
which since have been placed under
special control. Prisoners no longer
are permitted to camp In the open
air and now all suspect cases are
isolated.
Other dispatches relate that the
Austrian commissary department 1a
breaking down. New recruits are
suffering from scarcity of clothing.
tiIVEN IRON CROSS
Colonel von Reuter. Reported Dead
Is Decorated by Emperor.
BERLIN. Oct. 15. —(Via London.)
—Colonel von Reuter who was com.
mender of the Zahern regiment last
year when trpublc broke out betweea
the townspeople of Zabern and the
military has been awarded the Iron
cross of the first class for gallant
conduct on the field.
Colonel von Reuter recently was
reported to have been killed in an
engagement near Dixmuyden but
the German government denied ths
accuracy of the report.
Refugees Arc Returning.
I ROME. Oct 15.—(Via Paris.)—
Arrangements have been made to
■ run special trains from the Dutch
j frontier to Antwerp to carry back
; Belgian refugees most of whom are
I expected to return within a fort-
' n.ght. This information is contained
। In a Berlin dispatch.
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